Creative Career Coach: Back to School - Keep Learning
Learning doesn’t end when you leave school – it continues on the job every day.
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Wētā FX’s Joe Letteri to Receive 2023 VIEW Visionary Award
The five-time Oscar winner, BAFTA winner, and senior VFX supervisor of James Cameron’s groundbreaking sci-fi sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, will be honored at the upcoming VIEW Conference, which runs October 15-20 in Torino, Italy.
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Netflix’s Animation Unit Restructuring - Job Cuts Coming, Projects Shut Down
Zimbabwe-born creator Godwin Jabangwe’s ‘Tunga’ has reportedly been sent back into development while previously unannounced ‘Escape from Beverly Hills’ will re-enter the open market; the streamer has yet to disclose the number of layoffs planned.
Ingenuity Studios and Ghost VFX Now Streamland Media’s VFX Division
Ingenuity founder David Lebensfeld is appointed president to helm both studios providing visual effects for motion pictures and television.
Sony Pictures Animation Names Damien de Froberville EVP, Production and Operating Strategy
The former CEO of Sergio Pablos Animation fills the role of retiring 20-year studio veteran Pam Marsden.
DreamWorks Animation Lays Off 70 Employees
The studio’s second round of staff cuts in less than six months ‘were across corporate functions, feature, television and technology departments as part of an overall cost-reduction.’
Sony Pictures Imageworks Names Michelle Grady President
The VFX veteran gets the nod as her ongoing leadership has bolstered company’s growth in innovation and ground-breaking visual effects, including its hugely successful, critically acclaimed animated feature ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.’
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Podcast EP 227: How Keika Lee Started Greyscale Animation and Produced ‘Odd Dog’
Studio founder shares how she went from big studio production work to launching her own animation studio, producing her own work, and funding her own films.
Fall Edition of THU Career Camp Registration Now Open
Free online event for digital entertainment industry creators and artists everywhere focuses on career growth, recruiting and mentoring – runs November 7-9.
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AnimationFest Award Winners Ted Ty and Adam Muto Talk Unwavering Passion and Animation’s Fragile Future
The Outstanding Achievement in Animation and Spotlight Award honorees, respectively, at this past weekend’s SCAD festival in Atlanta discuss their recent projects ‘Nimona’ and ‘Fionna and Cake’ and how recent industry upheaval makes it even more important to stay dedicated, flexible, and determined in pursuing your career.
LightBox Expo Coming to Pasadena
Running October 27-29, the 3-day event celebrates artists and creators behind acclaimed films, animation, games, TV shows, comics, and illustrations and features panels, talks, and presentations by industry leaders, including director Sam Fell, Aardman Animation co-founder Peter Lord, directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, and NYT Bestselling Graphic Novel author ND Stevenson.
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Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers Unanimously Vote to Unionize
Artists join their Marvel Studios VFX brethren, becoming only the 2nd sole group of VFX workers to unionize with IATSE since the pioneering of visual effects nearly 50 years ago.
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VIEW Conference 2023 – Be There!
Italy’s premier international event promises an exceptional in-person program of talks, presentations, in-depth workshops, and masterclasses designed to inspire, inform, and educate; join industry professionals, thought leaders, students, and enthusiasts in a celebration of the latest in animation, VFX, and games - event runs October 15-20.
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The WGA Buys Time
The short game on AI goes to the Writers Guild of America, but the studios are playing the long game.
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Podcast EP 226: How Damien James Webb Got into Miniature Model Making
The miniature’s artist and modelmaker shares how his theatrical set-building career morphed into ‘tiny sets,’ how to make connections in the field, and what he charges for custom commissions.
Kartoon Studios Appoints Brian Parisi as CFO
On the heels of recent brand and digital platform launches along with a transition to the NYSE, the company adds the entertainment, media and high-tech industry executive who has held positions at the NFL Hall of Fame, Live Nation Entertainment, Warner Bros. and Universal Studios.
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‘Fortnite,’ Unreal Engine Studio Epic Games to Layoff 830
Announced by CEO Jim Sweeney on Thursday, the company plans a 16% workforce reduction as well as a divestiture of Bandcamp in a move towards a new ‘metaverse-inspired ecosystem’ strategy.
Workinman Interactive Workers Unanimously Unionize in Historic Labor Board Vote
Collective bargaining negotiations will now begin with the company on behalf of the first union of dedicated video game workers under IATSE in the U.S.
WGA Leaders Vote… the 148 Day Strike is Officially Over
After five consecutive days of negotiations that lead to a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract, guild leaders have voted and the strike is officially over.
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President and Founder Paula Wallace Talks SCAD’s 45 Year Legacy and AnimationFest 2023
In the 45 years since 71 students made up the university’s first class, ‘Starship SCAD’ has grown to four locations, over 100 degree programs, more than 17,000 current students and 60,000 alumni, with more than 2,200 alone in the School of Animation and Motion… and a brand-new Midtown Atlanta expansion that includes a 700-seat theater, SCADshow, that will host the festival, running September 28-30.
‘Moana’ Producer Osnat Shurer Joins Baobab Studios
The multiple Oscar nominee, named Co-Chief Creative Officer alongside Chief Creative Officer Eric Darnell, will work on the studio’s ‘Momoguro’ franchise that includes games and a series in development, as well as shows in development with Disney+.
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SAG-AFTRA Authorizes Strike Against Major Video Game Companies
The union can now use the threat of a strike as a bargaining chip to increase wages and protect against AI when talks resume September 26 with companies such as Electronic Arts and Activision.
WGA, AMPTP Set to End Strike with Historic Contract Agreement
After 146 days on strike and five consecutive days of negotiations, both parties have tentatively agreed on a new three-year contract, with guild leaders expected to vote on the final pact and strike lift on Tuesday.
Podcast EP 225: Caroline Foley on How to Actually Sell an Original Animated Show Idea
The animator, writer, story editor, set designer and founder of Tiny Lion animation studio shares how to polish your pitch, connect with studios to deliver it – and what it’s like when you succeed.
Lion Forge Entertainment Hires Trio of Key Executives
Kirsten Newlands joins the company as EVP Production & Partnerships; Koyalee Chanda as SVP Animation; and Jonathan Abraham as Director of Distribution.
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